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How to Hunt and Trap
by J.H. Batty
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cogswell, New York, 1878. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. J.H. BATTY. How to Hunt and Trap, New York: Albert Cogswell, 1878. Small octavo, edition unknown here, pp. 220, 4 (index, 11 (ads), brick-colored boards with gilt lettering and logo to spine, gilt stamped hunting scene on front with black stamped rules and decorations on front, extensive illustrations (uncredited), former owners' names penciled onto free front endpaper. Wide-ranging manual on taking down all kinds of animals, from buffalo to ducks. The author is described as a hunter and taxidermist Condition of this book: Edge wear and to covers with tail of spine torn, leaves age-toned, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Fishing & Hunting. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55480. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55480
- Title
- How to Hunt and Trap
- Author
- J.H. Batty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cogswell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Fishing & Hunting. Unbranded J.H. Batty How to Hunt and Trap
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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